what a wicked day!

I cant believe the weekend is over already! It went so fast! I need a couple more days.

But it was a fun weekend. Friday night I went to a friends house for a girls night. we just sat around talking, eating and drinking margaritas! mmmm!!

Yesterday I stayed home ALL DAY!! I didnt go anywhere, except for an hour walk in the morning before it got too hot out. Then I just puttered around at home. But honestly, even though I was here and cleaned a little, I dont feel like I was very productive! It was a good day though. It was nice to not go running.

I didnt have my car though, my son took it to work to fix some things on it and to put new tires on it. I got a flat tire a few days ago and it needed some stuff done to it.. (I have no idea what! I just drive it!) IF I had had my car here, I would have not stayed home, because I was wanting to go out. I wanted to go buy some new african violets and a new quilt! Ive nixed the quilt idea for now, but still want to get some new violets sometime this week,


Today I went to see WICKED. This is the third time Ive seen it. I do think its my all time favorite show. It is pretty much... AMAZING! I saw it in Toronto a few years ago and after that a couple years ago in Rochester. thats where I saw it today too. The talent just wows me! The person who wrote Wicked was also pretty talented. For anyone who doesnt know its a Pre-story to the wizard of oz. Its the story about the wicked witch and how she grew up and how she became the wicked witch. If you havent seen it.. and you get the chance.. GO!

These pictures that I have posted here are from this site

If you wanted to see more, you can check them out there.

After the show, I came home and made baked macaroni and cheese. oh so fattening! I didnt really even try to make it fat free, other then half of the cheese I used was 75% fat free. Then I ate a pretty large serving. And, after that.. I had one of my cotton candy buddy bars! YUMMO!

I feel bad because I have all these bear orders and I havent done anything with them, other then get them cut out. I need to get them finished, because I have another 8 or so coming in!

YOu know, sometimes when you Have to make something, it takes the fun out of creating! I'm always happy in the end with the memory bears because they make someone happy. but when I have a lot of to do, I get a bit overwhelmed with them!

hmmm.... Have I told you that Frannie is pregnant again? At least I think she is. as soon as Im sure she is, I'm going to get figgy fixed. My plan was two litters. she doesnt need to have any more then that. the other babies are really only about 13 or 14 weeks old! I didnt know it would be so soon. But as soon as all the kittens were gone, she went into heat again! EIy yie yie!

Remember when I was whining a couple weeks ago about stuff going on here? Well I would appreciate any prayers anyone wants to send up for us for tomorrow night as we deal with some of that craziness! lets see.. how about praying for mercy and grace for someone who needs it!

thanks in advance! You guys are all wonderful!

Well, I guess I should probably get ready for bed. Its really warm here tonight. I dug out our fans earlier and am looking forward to sleeping with one. Really, I should pull the storm windows out of the bedroom and sleep with a window open, but that sounds like a little bit of work! Plugging in the fan seems so much easier for tonight!

I hope everyone has a great week this week. I will be working and then working on bears. thats my only plans! Then, come Friday.. I'll be on call for a week. Just in time for mothers day. But thats ok. Hopefully it'll be quiet!

Thats all folks.. Sweet Dreams and have a joyful and creative week!

friday in love.. and 7 things about me~

sweet sandy of sandys creations is hosting a blog party! Everyone is posting things they love! So here are some of the things that I love! not in any specific order!

I Love Little pink teddybears! and all other teddybears too.. but mostly the smaller the better!

dancing sock monkeys!
who doesnt love christmas!

Blue beary muffins!

I LOVE easter!

The OCEAN and the lake are the only seriously the only places where I can truely feel relaxed!

I adore Halloween!!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE my girlfriends!

I love that I have fun with my girlfriends and that they can talk me into some crazy stuff! I LOVE that I WENT parasailing.. though I didnt necessarily love parasailing itself!

I LOVE creating! I love needlefelting.

This is a new love! I just bought another box of these tonight!

I LOVE food! I Love Fruit!

I LOVE popcorn and eat it daily! ( I eat fruit daily too!)

One of my favorite things in the world.. lemon merange pie! I do not eat this daily!

I love this old biker man!

and these sweet precious little naughty pumpkin heads!

these are the people that I love the most in the world.. (include hubby here too!)

I love my home, even though it needs sooooo much work!

I LOVE lake ontario! I live for the beach in the summer time!

Switching gears here..

my dear friend Kai, has tagged me to list 7 things about myself that you might not know!

1) I didnt really go to highschool, but I do have a 4 year college degree!

2) I dont like to read books! but I'm a magazine addict!

3) I wont drive on the expressway!

4) Im a morning and a night person.. I wish I could exist without sleep!

5) I recently have not been able to focus or manage my time wisely!

6) Im often running late! Only because I always think I have enough time to do just one more thing before i go, and then.. I have to really hurry!

7) I have a secret!!

If anyone else wants to play the game.. consider yourself tagged! but be sure to tell me, so I can besure to read what you write!

I'm so glad its the weekend! Tomorrow night is girlsnight with a bunch of my friends.. Were having a bon fire and drinking margaritas! sounds like fun to me!

Saturday I am staying home working on bear orders and Sunday I'm going to see WICKED!

Have a great weekend everyone!

HUGS!!

holy cotton candy blogland!

WOW! I feel like the lost blogger! Still struggling to keep up these days.. I dont know what the heck I've been doing since I last posted.. lets see.... Friday night I went to see Jersey BOys! OMG.. if it comes near you, you should go see it. I loved it.. All about Frankie Valli and the 4 Seasons. It was so good! the music was awesome!
Saturday, I went to a craft show/auction/luncheon with 5 girlfriends. We had a great time visiting and getting caught up with each other. I also put all my easter stuff away. (took forever!) SO SaD to see it all go. This is the hardest time of year for decorating, because I dont know what to do with out a holiday! It'll take me a couple weeks or so to get things put back together! Then, in June I'll get out my summery and patriotic things, but til then, I guess its just a springy theme.. birds, nests, plants. Does anyone have any great springy decorating ideas??? I really need some cheap and easy ones!
Sunday all my kids and their boyfriends, girlfriends came over for steaks on the grill in honor of my little Tonys 24th birthday. uhh.. wait.. I think thats his 23rd birthday! eiy yie yie! I loose track sometimes! We had a good time all together. I'm always so glad that they all get a long and love each other! Thank you GOD!

Lets see.. Today it was back to work. There was calling hours for my friend from work that was killed last week. I was talking to her children at calling hours and had to leave quickly to go have a little cry. It just breaks my heart that those precious kids will grow up with out their sweet mommy.
Tomorrow is the funeral and child and family services is putting on the meal for after the funeral. While I was at the store getting some things for the casseroles that Im making, I found these cotton candy buddy bars! ONly 100 calories, or 2 weight watchers points.. I ate two of them! I ate one as soom as I got in the car, and I just ate another one.. I did it for you guys.. I needed to take a picture of one, with a bite out of it, just so you could see how good they look.. So.. Yes, I sacrificed my weigh in for tomorrow night, just for you all! I hope you appreciate it! lol!!
OKeedokie.. I really need to go work on some bear orders!! huggles and night all!

sweet stuff, sad news and prayers requested..

I finally finished the project we are going to do together at our Niagara retreat! In june, 7 of us will be heading to Niagara on the lake for our second annual weekend of crafting, relaxing and shopping! Oh.. and lets not forget eating!

Sandy Camarda, Maija Lepore, Natalea Kandefor, Amy Powers, Martha Brown and Jenny Caple and I will all be hanging out for a fun filled weekend. We had a great time last year and with two more joining us this year, its sure to be even better. Sandy does most (all) the behind the scenes work putting everything together.. she ROCKS I tell ya! (hugs to you Sandy!)

Anyhow, this is one of the projects we will be doing. Jenny Caple will be teaching us something fun too.. I dont know exactly what it'll be yet.. but I know it'll be something special!

Really does anything beat hanging out with girls who love the same things you do? There is something very special about the hearts of artists! But I think you all know that already! And just what has brought us all together??? Blogging and flickr! we would not have met other wise. and, I am so thankful for my blogging buddies.. everyday!

Speaking of blogging buddies, I think most of you know who Cindy of thimbleprimstudio is. Cindy is one of the first girls that I really connected with "out here". She has been a sweet friend, inspiring, encouraging and very kind hearted. She is ever so talented and makes the sweetest dolls and other creations.

She remembers birthdays and holidays with wonderful cards and gifts. And I am lucky to own many of her sweet creations. If you dont know her, you should certainly pop over and introduce yourself. I want to just say Thank you to Cindy for being so thoughtful. As most of you know Ive had some stuff going on in my life the past couple weeks and Cindy sent me the sweetest and biggest cheerup care package ever!

Full of the sweetest and neatest stuff! Thank you so much Cindy.. you are a good friend! I look forward to meeting you someday. I also got to talk to cindy for the first time on the phone this weekend. We had a great chat and now, as I will be able to hear her voice now when I read her posts!

Cindy sent me all the things you see in these last 4 pictures! All so much fun! thank you again girlfriend!
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I now have to share with you some very sad news and ask for your prayers.. A horrible thing happened today. One of the sweetest, friendliest and bubbliest girls I work with was killed in a car accident today on her way to pick up a client. she was in her thirtys and had two young children, 5 and 8 or 9 years old. I feel sooo sooo bad for those kids. Also, Nicole was one of the girls from work who took two of Frannies kittens. so, please keep her family in your prayers and also the people I work with, everyone of us will be struggling to do any work the next few days.

thanks for your prayers all.

and goodnight for now.

playing outside in the sunshine!

Morning friends! Just want you to know I'm feeling much better!
Still have stuff to deal with, but its ok..
Life is never dull around here.

People have often told us that we could be on reality tv, like the osborns..
OK! I'll do! just give me lots of money!
actually I'm afraid people would be pretty bored with us most of the time.
but there would definitely be some interesting moments.
eh... isnt it like that in every family though??


I'm thinking Roberts friends that spent the night here last night are probably pretty convinced that his mother is off her rocker when I started collecting some little friends to take out to play in the garden with me!

That was after I made a big huge fuss about capturing a bumble bee that was flying around on the enclosed porch. I wanted to let him go, though things didnt work out well for him in the end. bumbles usually remind me of miniature teddybears, so I dont like to hurt them.

anyways, I probably am nuts!

How 'd this weekend go by so fast? I started this post this morning.. and now its almost dinner time! Yesterday I did just about nothing all day long! I went to Joann fabrics and Barnes and Nobles in the morning, then came right home.. but Im not sure that I did anything constructive after that! I talked on the phone for hours yesterday.. Im not usually a phone talker. but Friday I had received a phone call from Cindy Owens from thimbleprimstudio, so I called her back yesterday and talked to her for quite a while. such a treat! then Jenny (be cheery) called and I talked to her for a long time! And to top it all off, after I talked to Jenny, Natalea ( Kandeland) called and had me laughing my butt off! so it was a fun and laid back afternoon. Then last night we went to our friends house to play euchre. So really Saturday was a very nice day.

Today.. I'm still not being very productive~
I sent my husband all the way to Conesus today to pick up two chairs that I bought on craigslist. He just got back with them a bit ago.. wow, they are really nice. Well worth the money. They are twin chairs, but I'm breaking up the set, one is going in my craft room the other jennifer is taking to put in her bedroom at her new apartment.

Im waiting for him to bring the chair in the house, but he has decided to take a break and is watching something dumb on tv. annoying! Actually I think he has fallen asleep already! I want my chair in now... I might go try to get it myself. Yes.. I'm a very impatient girl! Truthfully, I dont think I can get it out of the truck though, so I will have to wait....

Well.. I guess I was a little productive today...

This afternoon Jen and I pulled the carpet up out of the living room and put it out to the road. I wanted to go back to the hardwood floors with just the big area rug. It looks so much better.. much fresher and brighter. I had to clean the floor good and then I used liquid gold to shine it up some.. only problem.... ummm... its a little slippery in some spots now! hope no one falls!

Well, I should get busy here, Bethany and her boyfriend are coming over for dinner along with Jennifer. We're cooking hotdogs and burgers on the grill. Im making a macaroni salad for them and a tossed salad for me as well. And, what are hots and hamburgs on the grill with out baked beans! So I really should get off the computer and get moving in the kitchen. Plus I need to go out for a walk before it gets dark out!

OH.. one more thing.. Just want to thank everyone for all the encouragement this week.

You are all such kind and caring souls!

Love to you all!

now.. off to the kitchen I go!

hugs!